Following the Workshop Series participants are encouraged to participate in:

  1. field-testing Learning Experiences and
  2. contributing new Learning Experiences to the Primary Source Learning Experiences Collection.

A. Field-testing

To field-test a Learning Experience:

  1. find a Learning Experience in the Primary Source Learning Experience Collection,
  2. teach the experience with students, and then
  3. complete the Field-testing Reflection by logging into your portfolio and choosing the Field-Test tab.

The Field-testing Reflections provide educators searching the Primary Source Learning Experience Collection with ideas for variations and suggestions for improvements to the Learning Experience. Learning Experiences that are implemented often by other teachers will be sent to the Library of Congress Education Outreach office for possible use by the Library of Congress staff.

B. Contributing a New Primary Source-based Learning Experience:

To contribute a new Learning Experience:

  1. create a My Teaching Portfolio,
  2. design, implement, and reflect on the Learning Experience,
  3. submit the Learning Experience for peer review,
  4. choose to edit and revise the Learning Experience for submission to the exemplary Primary Source Learning Experience Collection.

All Learning Experiences submitting to Primary Source Learning are reviewed by educators. The criteria used for the review is posted next to each field as Learning Experiences are created. The review suggestions will appear in the My Teaching Portfolio of the submitting teacher. Teachers may choose to edit and revise Learning Experiences for submission to the exemplar collection. The Primary Source Learning Collection is reviewed annually by teachers of the subject area of the Learning Experiences to maintain breadth, depth, and currency of content and primary resources for each subject.